Menene Hanukkah ga Yahudawa?

Hanukkah (wani lokacin kuma ana lizimtar chanukah) wani biki ne na yahudawa da ake yi kwana takwas da dare takwas Ya fara a ranar 25 ga watan Ibrananci na Kislev, wanda ya zo daidai da ƙarshen Nuwamba-ƙarshen Disamba na kalandar mutane.

A cikin Ibrananci, kalmar "hanukkah" tana nufin "keɓewa". Sunan yana tunatar da mu cewa wannan idin tunawa ne da sabon ƙaddamar da haikalin mai tsarki a Urushalima sakamakon nasarar yahudawa akan Helenawa na Siriya a cikin 165 BC.

Labarin Hanukkah
A shekara ta 168 K.Z., sojojin da suka mallaki Siriya-Girka suka mamaye haikalin Yahudanci kuma suka keɓe kansu ga bautar gunkin Zeus. Wannan ya firgitar da yahudawa, amma da yawa sun ji tsoron amsa saboda tsoron daukar fansa. Don haka a shekara ta 167 kafin haihuwar sarki Anti-Greek na kasar Girka Antakiya ya tabbatar da bin addinin Yahudanci hukuncin kisa. Ya kuma umarci duk Yahudawa su bauta wa gumakan Girka.

Yunkurin yahudawa ya fara ne a kauyen Modiin kusa da Urushalima. Sojojin Girka sun tilasta wa kauyukan yahudawa karfi sannan suka ce musu su yi sujada ga gunki, sannan su ci naman alade, duka biyun haramun ne ga Yahudawa. Wani jami'in Girka ya umarci Mattathias, babban firist, da amincewa da buƙatunsu, amma Mattathias ya ƙi. Lokacin da wani ƙauyen ya zo ya yi tayin ba da aiki tare a madadin Mattatia, Babban Firist ya yi fushi. Ya zaro takobinsa ya kashe ƙauyen, sannan ya kunna jami'in Girkawa ya kashe shi ma. 'Ya'yanta biyar da sauran mutanen gari suka farma sauran sojojin, suka kashe duka.

Mattathias da iyalinsa sun ɓuya a cikin tsaunuka, inda sauran Yahudawa suka haɗa kai waɗanda suke son yin yaƙi da Helenawa. A ƙarshe, sun sami damar sake mallakar ƙasarsu daga Girkawa. Wa annan 'yan tawayen an san su da Maccabees ko kuma Hasmoneans.

Da zarar Maccabees sun sami iko, sai su koma haikalin Urushalima. A wannan lokacin, yana amfani da gurbata shi ta ruhaniya ta hanyar amfani da shi don bautar allolin ƙasar da kuma ayyukan yi kamar hadayan aladu. Sojojin yahudawa sun kuduri aniyar tsarkake gidan haikan ta hanyar kona mai na al'ada a cikin dakin ibada na kwana takwas. Amma abin takaici, sun gano cewa rana ɗaya kawai ta mai ta ragu a cikin haikali. Sun kunna menorah kuma, ga mamakin su, ɗan ƙaramin ɗanyen mai ya yi tsawon kwana takwas.

Wannan ita ce mu'ujiza ta Hanukkah mai wanda ake yin kowace shekara lokacin da Yahudawa suka kunna haske na musamman waɗanda aka sani da hanukkiya har kwana takwas. An kunna fitila a daren farko na Hanukkah, biyu a na biyu da sauransu, har sai an kunna kyandir guda takwas.

Ma'anar Hanukkah
Dangane da dokar Yahudanci, Hanukkah tana ɗaya daga cikin ranakun hutu na Yahudawa. Koyaya, Hanukkah ya zama sananne sosai a aikace na zamani saboda kusancinsa zuwa Kirsimeti.

Hanukkah ta faɗi a ranar ashirin da biyar ga watan Ibranci na Kislev. Tun daga kalandar Yahudawa wata-wata ne, ranar farko ta Hanukkah tana faduwa ne a kan wata rana daban ta kowace shekara, yawanci tsakanin ƙarshen Nuwamba da ƙarshen Disamba. Tun da yawancin Yahudawa suna zaune a cikin al'ummomin Kirista galibi, Hanukkah ta zama mai yawan annashuwa da Kirsimeti-kamar lokaci bayan lokaci. Yara Yahudawa suna karɓar kyaututtuka ga Hanukkah, galibi kyauta ga kowane ɗayan daren takwas na bikin. Iyaye da yawa suna fatan cewa ta hanyar yin Hanukkah ta musamman ce, yaransu ba za su ji an cire su daga duk hutun Kirsimeti da ke faruwa a kusa da su ba.

Hadisai na Hanukkah
Kowace al'umma tana da al'adun Hanukkah ta musamman, amma akwai wasu al'adun da ake yin su kusan a duk duniya. Su ne: kunna hanukkiyah, kunna dreidel kuma ku ci abinci mai soyayyen.

Haske hanukkiya: kowace shekara al'ada ce don tunawa da mu'ujiza ta manukiyar Hanukkah ta hanyar kunna kyandir a jikin hanukkiyah. Haskkiyah na haskaka kowace maraice tsawon dare takwas.
Spinning dreidel: wani sanannen wasan wasan Hanukkah ne ya zana dreidel, babban wasa ne mai fahariya huɗu tare da haruffan Ibrananci akan kowane gefe. Gelt, waɗanda tsarukan cakulan ne mai rufi, suna cikin wannan wasan.
Cin abinci soyayyen abinci: Tun da Hanukkah ke bikin mu'ujiza mai, al'ada ce a ci abinci da soyayyen wakoki irin su kulle-kullen da a lokacin hutu. Smoothies su ne dankalin turawa da kananun albasa, wanda aka soya a mai sannan kuma a yi amfani da miya ta apple. Sufganiyot (mufuradi: sufganiyah) kayan kwalliyar jelly ne cike da ke soyayyen kuma wasu lokuta ana yayyafa su da sukari mai ruɓi kafin cin abinci.
Bayan waɗannan al'adun, akwai kuma hanyoyi masu yawa na farin ciki don bikin Hanukkah tare da yara.